TONY Mowbray says he is searching for the ‘right combinations’ at Rovers as he ponders his team selection for this afternoon’s home game against MK Dons.

Rovers made three changes for last weekend’s win at Bradford City, but an injury to Bradley Dack means Mowbray will be unable to name an unchanged side this afternoon.

The boss mixed things up for the Carabao Cup defeat to Burnley on Wednesday, making five alterations, but the likes of Corry Evans, Craig Conway and Elliott Bennett are set to come back in to the side today.

“We are trying to find the right combinations,” Mowbray said.

“At Bradford we played Dominic Samuel and Bradley Dack together, two players we bought this summer and spent a few quid on them, but both are only 23 and young boys now with an expectation on their shoulders that they have to manage.

“They are here to score the goals to hopefully win us football matches, they did in that game, but the frustration for us is that Bradley has picked up another injury and that combination won’t be seen again for a couple of weeks.

“Like every team you pick up injuries and sometimes can’t put out the team you would like on the pitch every week and that’s why you have a squad.”

Of the changes made for the cup defeat, only Middlesbrough loanee Harry Chapman pushed his claims for a starting spot.

Mowbray is more likely to revert to a similar side to the one which recorded a first win of the new season at Bradford seven days ago, which he felt gave Rovers more of a competitive edge.

He added: “The team we managed to put on the pitch at Bradford was one with an athleticism and a workrate about it as opposed to other games where we have put different qualities on the pitch but what we have found in League One is that you really have to match the workrate of the opposition, regardless of how talented you might be as an individual.

“If you don’t match that then you will get beat.

“Moving forward I would say that’s generally what I have to put on the pitch, a group of players who are going to run until they drop and compete in every aspect of the game. League One is about and it’s not just about being talented, it’s about workrate.

“Hopefully we have the talent on the pitch to win the game but every team makes it difficult because every team has those ingredients, the running capacity, the ability to compete for every second ball and make life difficult.”